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Thursday, October 7, 2010

I don't know what I was thinking....

The other day I got this BRIGHT idea to completely re-do Hannah's room.

I am 8 1/2 months pregnant.

What am I thinking? This is what I keep asking myself.

I blame it on "nesting" Some people completely clean out their house to get ready for baby...I decide to RE-DECORATE our house before baby.....I think my husband thinks I am absolutely nuts....but he just smiles and says, "whatever you want to do sweetie." I think he knows not to mess with a pregnant woman who is "nesting." :)

Now, I am not by any means done with her room...I just barely started this weekend.

Here are the before Pictures:

(her room was a mess....well that's an understatement....a DISASTER is more like it!)

We started with her dresser. That big ol' ugly brown thing that takes up most the space in her room. :) It probably is way to big of a piece for her room...but hey, we are college students with basically NO BUDGET. So we could not afford to buy a brand new dresser for her.

We decided to revamp it with some paint.

Here is the dresser now.

We painted it a very neutralized green. When I say neutralized..I mean it is almost white with an undertone of green.

I then distressed it with some pink paint and sanded it.

I am really happy with the way it turned out. Now if I could only teach her that her clothes are supposed to stay in her dresser.....then I would be REALLY happy.

Here is my list of projects for her room that may or may not show up on this blog...depending on how well they turn out :)

**Curtains

**Quilt Shelf

**Pillows (these i am worried about..I have never really made a pillow)

So funny! I am 35 weeks pregnant and just started a complete overhaul on my daughter's room too! I blamed it on "nesting" as well :) though my husband came back with "doesn't that usually mean cleaning? you should try to be normal and just clean" ummm no thanks :) The dresser looks great!

I am 35 weeks today and I applaud this dresser! Very good job! I don't think your nuts at all. I am currently doing the changing table and that's a project that has been going on for.. ummm about 3 or 4 months! ha ha It's the last thing I need to be ready for my new addition!

I'd rather go with an older piece that's more affordable and built better versus a new piece that's over priced and shoddy quality. Good for you. It looks great. I see so many great pieces at thrift stores but am so afraid of painting them myself.